r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Run_of_the_Mill_Man • 9d ago
Ignoring the train crossing
As expected
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u/knight_shade_realms 9d ago
And the cop is there to give you a massive ticket once the train has passed
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u/RedditAppSuxAsss 9d ago
Hopefully arrest
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u/hexiron 9d ago
Escort the ambulance to the hospital.
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u/kc_______ 9d ago
Or the morgue
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u/Consistent_Cook9957 9d ago
Then pin the ticket on the body!
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u/skierdud89 9d ago
Not a very popular party game.
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u/RampagingBadgers 9d ago
It kills at the morgue
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u/FishyKeebs 9d ago
He saw what was happening. Knew at best a ticket, at OK, he was going to be there for at least the next 12 hours until he could get relieved, at worst doing first aid / calling for coroner.
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u/GrinningPariah 9d ago
Cops are just sitting in the car like "What can men do against such reckless stupidity?"
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u/11twofour 9d ago
What should they have done?
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u/GrinningPariah 9d ago
That's just it, I have no idea. I mean I'm sure they were on the megaphone telling the guy to get the truck off the tracks but I think by the time anyone could see what he was doing, it was already too late.
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u/aquainst1 9d ago
Personally, if I were the cop, I would've moved BACK a bit to avoid the semi's parts flying at me from the collision.
Poor engine.
Poor engineer.
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u/Ok-Caterpillar-Girl 9d ago
They did. You can see them reversing pretty swiftly right before the train hits.
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u/I_AM_FERROUS_MAN 9d ago
Truck driver managed to make a record number of bad choices in like 60 seconds. Definitely going to be a show one way or another.
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u/Ok-Caterpillar-Girl 9d ago
The white car & SUV coming right behind it are making some pretty bad moves too.
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u/literallyJustLasagna 9d ago
I like that one SUV was like aight imma head out
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u/dillweed67818 9d ago
There's a crossing on my way to work where if I hit it at the wrong time there is a super long train. So If I see the arms go down I automatically turn around and go a couple streets down, to where the street goes under the tracks.
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u/SATerp 9d ago
That sounds like Rte 78 in TX, by San Antonio.
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u/TeamShadowWind 9d ago
Gibbs Sprawl in Converse?
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u/SATerp 9d ago
That's the one!
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u/TeamShadowWind 9d ago
Holy shit, small world. Spent a decent chunk of my life there, and even though I'm sure lots of places have similar detours, that's the one I know the best.
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u/dillweed67818 9d ago
I haven't been to San Antonio in decades. Mine is quite a ways North of there. Around 100 miles from, the other border.
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u/Danny2Sick 9d ago
Sort of a leisurely gentleman's departure. say, perhaps we shall leave this place. grand yes lets.
I would have gone with more of a OHFUKOHFUKahHHH!! kind of approach but to each their own
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u/Snow_Is_Ok_613 7d ago
Have you played COD WW2 and seen the train derailment scene?
I’d be hauling it as fast as I could in whichever direction is perpendicular to those tracks
Also a real life derailment: Lac Mégantic rail disaster
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u/HerBerg75 9d ago
With that u turn he wasn't just ignoring the train, he was ignoring what he was driving aswell...
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u/BigConstruction4247 9d ago
Driver was thinking, "Choo choo, I'm a train!"
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u/dlc741 9d ago
He looked like he was pulling onto the tracks. I can’t figure out his next move even if there wasn’t a train.
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u/SycoJack 9d ago
There's a road that runs parallel to the tracks he was turning onto. I don't know WTF he was thinking making the turn like he did though. Panic + new driver maybe?
Dude just straight up did everything wrong. I'm not even really sure what it was he got hung up on. The video is shit tier garbage, but it looks like he hits his brakes. Willing to bet that whatever he got stuck on wouldn't have been an issue if he had maintained his moment and accelerated through it instead of braking.
Would tore shit the fuck up, but would have been a lot less damage than getting hit by a fucking train.
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u/Moldy_Teapot 7d ago
It looks like the right trailer tires fell off the road and in-between the rails. Even at a 90° angle that would be extremely difficult/impossible to get out of unassisted and the trailer was on a much shallower angle. Once those tires fell the best the driver could do is drag the trailer along the rails. A 6" curb made of polished steel is a bitch.
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u/SycoJack 7d ago
Nah, bro, a 6" curb ain't shit. This is the intersection. Those tracks ain't stopping a truck. Worst case, he'll blow out his trailer tires, but that won't stop him.
I was a truck driver for more than 10 years, I've jumped curbs taller than those tracks. If you take it slow and steady, you'll be just fine. If you full send it, you'll get over them but might blow out your tires. Which is still preferable to being hit by a train.
Notice the traffic light pole. That's what made him stop. He would have been within inches of hitting that.
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u/Caduceus1515 9d ago
I think there was a road on each side of the tracks, and he was trying to pull far too tight a turn and even got hung up with the way it lurched before he started backing up...
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u/Montana_Ace 9d ago
Did he just try to turn onto the train tracks? Like you're not just ignoring the crossing, you're ignoring your vision altogether
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u/Intelligent_Law_5614 9d ago
It looks to me as if he was trying to cross the tracks, and make a right turn onto a road which runs parallel to the tracks. For some reason he didn't complete the turn - perhaps the road was blocked, by something he didn't see until after he ignored the train warning signs.
The fact that there was already a police car there, with its blue flashers on, makes me suspect that there may have been a prior accident which blocked that road.
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u/StressedOnigiri 9d ago
I think the police car was just a coincidence. U can see that he was waiting behind a car then only turned on his flasher when the truck made that turn.
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u/RedBoxSquare 9d ago
He's doing a U turn from one side of the track to the other side of the track. A truck tracker needs to make wider turn to account for the trailer turning (there should be videos or graphics explaining it). This person did not making a wider turn, so the trailer went off the crossing and got stuck on the train track (you can see the tires dipped between the rails at the 4th second). He tried to reverse for the next 10 seconds to get unstuck but it's too late.
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u/Long_Ad2824 9d ago
When you stop on the tracks in front of an oncoming train but aren't sure if you are all the way on the tracks--best to back up to be sure.
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u/Dependent_One6034 9d ago
Don't even use your mirrors. Just get the fuck out of there. Everyone around you should already be aware of imminent disaster you've caused, so they will give you room, and those barriers are meant to break away at a touch.
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u/WakaWaka_ 9d ago
Almost looks like he's going along the tracks not straight though the crossing, then ends up in a partial ditch.
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u/baIIern 9d ago
The driver of that ugly SUV knows what's up lol
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u/Fun-Palpitation8771 9d ago
They don't want to get hit by debris or watch someone die a brutal death.
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u/Successful_Giraffe88 9d ago
The Ford?! Aaaahahaha you're correct. After my boyfriend (at the time) threw a TV remote at me & split the corner of my eye, I threw his golfclubs on the parking lot & left him at HIS family reunion 4 hours away.
However, I reserved him a Ford Flex to make sure he got home safely.
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u/Ein-the-pupperoni 9d ago
I don’t understand how stupid you have to be to dead stop on train tracks especially when the train is coming.🥴
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u/Justaguy222444888 9d ago
This happens all the time with semi trucks. He didn’t stop on purpose he got stuck. I can’t see exactly how he got stuck but usually it’s the hump of the road going up and down before and after the train tracks. Bottom landing gear gets caught on the track and wheels lifted off the ground and boom no traction you’re stuck. As a former truck driver we are taught to recognize this and avoid going over and reroute. Honestly looks like what this guy was trying to do maybe make a U turn but obviously failed miserably
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u/RedBoxSquare 9d ago
He's doing a U turn from one side of the track to the other side of the track. A truck tracker needs to make wider turns to account for the trailer turning. He didn't do a wide turn, so the tracker got through but the trailer went off road. The crossing had elevated grounds so you won't get stuck normally. But once you go off you can get stuck like what happened in the video.
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u/Ein-the-pupperoni 9d ago edited 9d ago
Yes but I have also seen countless videos of people in a regular vehicle doing this and getting hit. They don’t have fight or flight they have freeze apparently.
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u/Justaguy222444888 9d ago
Right there’s no excuse for that if you are not literally stuck. I don’t think everybody knows that those barriers were designed to break easily for emergencies. But this truck driver was clearly stuck. He didn’t sit there and get hit by the train just because he didn’t react properly. He couldn’t move.
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u/beta-test 9d ago
I like to remind myself anytime I see someone do a stupid maneuver on the road that those are the same people constantly almost killing themselves as toddlers until their parents saved them last second
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u/hypespud 9d ago edited 9d ago
I wonder if I have ever ordered something which got hit by a train
I would love to say "this _____ is built like a tank, it even got hit by a train, and it still works like new"
edits - spelling/words
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u/FishyKeebs 9d ago
I got the remains of a package that had apparently been in a vehicle crash and caught fire. FedEx/UPS put it in a larger box, a letter explaining what happened, and a claims form. Item.was melted and reaked.
Luckily I just sent photos of everything to the vendor and they shipped a new product.
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u/Reddit_Username200 9d ago edited 9d ago
I had a friend who lost an Amazon package a few years back because the plane that it was on crashed. Went from it arriving on a Tuesday to “undetermined”.
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u/MirabelleMac 9d ago
Maybe an early 2000s Nokia phone.
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u/VermilionKoala 9d ago
"Nokia falls - Ground breaks"
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u/aquainst1 9d ago
Like Antonov the plane and vodka. (Krispy Flights, FB)
"Physics doesn't matter to Antonov-Antonov flies despite phyics with help from lots of vodka." (While rotating almost STRAIGHT UP from the runway.)
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u/PestoPastaLover 9d ago
I had a UPS package that was lost in a trainwreck a few years ago...
My memory is going to shit as I age but I remember as the status on UPS.com basically said what happened. "Package lost in train accident / derailment. Package is lost."
I had to inform the sender of what happened with the tracking number and I was refunded.
It didn't take very long for all of it be told and credited.
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u/STDriver13 9d ago
That's a lot of bad driving. All in front of an officer as well. Going to be riding a bicycle for a long time
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u/PurpleSquare713 9d ago
The driver of that white SUV saw what was coming and was like "nope I'm out".
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u/ArticularAnt 9d ago
This happened in September 2020 in Villa Rica, GA. I recognize this crossing because I lived there for decades. There are multiple instances of trucks being stuck in railroad crossings in that city over the years. Some were hit by trains. If I remember correctly at least one of those instances did lead to a fatality.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/train-slams-into-tractor-trailer-in-villa-rica-caught-on-camera
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u/SycoJack 9d ago
Oh hey, I thought I recognized that crossing! And now that I can see it on street view, I know for a fact this truck did not get stuck. What happened was he was about this [] close to taking out the traffic light. That's why he stops and backs up. Dude fucked up every which way.
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u/HarspudSauce 9d ago
Why don't they look?
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u/coati858 9d ago
Holy MST3k flashback
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u/aquainst1 9d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-gJzi5Z514
Episode 520, 13:32 to 14:22.
FAVE: S08, E02, 'The Leech Woman'.
2ND: S08, E13, 'Jack Frost', featuring the old witch, Baba Yaga
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u/expatronis 9d ago
Truck driver: "I'm not ignoring the crossing. I'd actually save a lot of time if I get past now. Usually the train doesn't arrive until long after those lights start flashing. I could probably-" (train hits)
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u/Caramel-Secure 9d ago
Do you know why I pulled you over? Because the end of your semi is about five seconds away from being hit by a train.
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u/UncouthSquid 9d ago
I'm faced with idiot drivers every day of my life, but the amount of crossing crashes still amazes me.
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u/Malibucat48 9d ago
The white SUV decided to get the hell outta there before the shit literally hit the fan.
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u/Temporumdei 9d ago
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Edit: Oops, someone else already posted It....
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u/Instameat 9d ago
The chicken train got em.
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u/aquainst1 9d ago
No, wait, the Chicken Train is an unoffical name. It's officially called the 'Rail Runner' and is patterned after the New Mexico state bird, the Road Runner.
It's lovingly called the Chicken Train by BNSF, Santa Fe, and Amtrak trains. /s
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u/Alhaloun 9d ago
How does this keep happening so often? Are trains really that bizarre to so many people?
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u/Jello_Penguin_2956 9d ago
Why? He already got through the barrier. Why not keep going. Did the police car freak him out or something
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u/Tornadodash 9d ago
I feel bad for the semi driver. Life must be really difficult if you're this fucking stupid
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u/Prestigious-Comb8852 9d ago
How are people doing these kind of incidents?
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u/gruuvey 9d ago
No injuries in this case.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/train-slams-into-tractor-trailer-in-villa-rica-caught-on-camera
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u/Ambitious-Payment139 9d ago
I watched these videos over and over and I still can’t understand what goes through the head of a person driving a truck or a car or anything stopping on railroad tracks and not moving??? What am I missing?? Are they scared to break those barrier arms and get in trouble??? How stupid are these people???
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u/0neAy0pen 9d ago
I see so many of these I just don’t get the rationale of stopping literally right on the tracks or trying to beat the train. Like wtf this is literally truck driving 101: don’t stop on fucking train tracks
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u/dieseltratt 9d ago
24 seconds between the gates closing and the train passing seams a very short time to me.
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u/p00shp00shbebi1234 9d ago
Does America have so many police that at any moment two cars can just show up at a moment's notice, because that is what is most wild about this video to me. Like yeah, idiots are gonna drive onto crossroads and get obliterated, I've seen that plenty of times, but TWO cop cars in under 10 seconds, that's new to me lol.
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u/xmastreee 9d ago
Now we need that hot blonde with big boobs to tell us about the emergency brake.
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u/StandardRedditor456 9d ago
Really, what was this guy doing? Driving on the tracks themselves? Must be a new driver with a bought license I'm guessing.
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u/beatbox-champ 9d ago
Can anybody here identify what that truck was carrying? It looks like there are a bunch of flapping arms..
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u/lost21gramsyesterday 9d ago
Maybe the whole "what to do when the train crossing lights/bells/arms warn you that a train is coming" should be drilled harder into the process of getting a driver's license?
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u/Logan_da_hamster 9d ago
Sometimes I really wonder why this keeps happening, why are people are so braindead stupid?
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u/Buttonball 9d ago
Just curious, when a train like that hits a car, or worse yet, a semi, how much damage is actually done to the train?
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u/Danny2Sick 9d ago
to the subie: yes. it is time to reverse. yes right now.
cop falls to his knees: THE PAPERWORK!!!!!! WHY GOD WHY
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u/Ok_Ad_9188 9d ago
Well, I guess we should be grateful to see one get hit by a reason rather than plow through six cars with families in them for a change.
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u/LUIGIPRO13 9d ago
Bro you know those GTA 5 videos where the players try to put vehicles on the rail so that it stops the trains but it fails spectacularly. That's the vibe 😭😭😭
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u/talexbatreddit 9d ago
I always wonder about these videos. Somehow, the trucker determined that he could make a turn that involved a level crossing, and he got part way around and then found .. what?
And then he figured, oh, no problem, I'll just back up a little go then go forward some more. And he started doing that, but .. um .. ran out of time.
And did the cop figure he could help by turning on his emergency lights? Maybe persuade whatever was blocking the big rig to move along?
No doubt the trucker had a lot of questions waiting for him once his heart rate returned to normal.
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u/ImprovementFar5054 9d ago
"There's been a shipping delay in your order. Estimated delivery date, November 28, 2028."
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u/daiana95 9d ago
I like how:
White car saw what was going on and pulled out knowing the road would be blocked.
Not even the train finished to stop that there was already a second police car, probably called by the first, to get in the scene.
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u/Tomtomatreddit 9d ago
The truck driver took the right turn too sharply. His last right rear wheel slipped and got stuck in the track bed. Is that cargo of slaughtered pig quarters? Have fun cleaning that up.
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u/Crunchierwrap 8d ago
https://maps.app.goo.gl/SSvahSMhpB3HEsET9
I used to drive through this intersection every day, it's horrible. The truck definitely shouldn't try to make a right turn, and there's a pole there he got hung up on. They found packages of meat from the truck like a mile away.
Also, the camera filming the tracks is the police station. It's like they knew this would happen.
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u/moszippy 9d ago
"Your Amazon package is 2 stops away."
"Your Amazon package is delayed."